Atomic Design details all that goes into creating and maintaining robust design systems, allowing you to roll out higher quality, more consistent UIs faster than ever before. This book introduces a methodology for thinking of our UIs as thoughtful hierarchies, discusses the qualities of effective pattern libraries, and showcases techniques to transform your team’s design and development workflow.

This book takes experienced web developers through the new discipline of frontend architecture, including the latest tools, standards, and best practices that have elevated frontend web development to an entirely new level.

Web Anatomy delivers a complete guide to using interaction design frameworks,
an examination of the psychology behind major frameworks, and a thorough look at how frameworks will change the way you work for the better.

Big changes in web technology are forcing us all to look at what many have been saying for a while — the web design workflow that was enshrined over the last decade really doesn’t work. The creator of Style Tiles, Samantha Warren, joins Jen Simmons to talk about workflows, design processes, and how new ideas about our tools can help us all better design websites for the modern age.

Starbucks considers mobile to be the first customer touchpoint. Lincoln Mongillo tells us why managing for “one web” forces them to focus on what’s important, and puts performance, accessibility, and security at the center of their design process.

Use of image editors for creating web design mockups has worked until now, but responsive design is forcing us to find alternatives, as we can’t simply create more mockups as we design for more screens… Let’s take a look at one of the most important aspects of this method: the creation of clear, semi-automated, self-updating style guides.